Frances Black (Independent)
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I have one final question on the mention of children going into the courts and feeling unheard. Going into court and not being heard is probably one of the worst traumas that a child can experience. Perhaps this was said, I hope the witnesses will forgive me if I missed it, but would they recommend that a therapist or somebody else be there to support children, particularly in cases in which there has been any kind of sexual violence? Should that happen all of the time? What are the witnesses' thoughts in that area?